Spain's solo project Hiemis has returned with a new recording which shows the music going for more of a mixture of dark ambient, drone and ritual and this is a review of his 2021 album "Zothique" which was released by Noctivagant.
Atmospheric sounding drones start off the album while the synths also bring in a great amount of dark ambient elements and a variety of many different sounding keys. When percussion is utilized they also give the music more of a tribal, shamanistic and ritualistic feeling and chants can also be heard briefly.
Night sounds and fire burning can also be heard briefly while all of the tracks also sound very different from each other. Most of the music is also instrumental along with one track also adding in a breath use of water sounds, as the album progresses some of the songs also start getting very long and epic in length.
On this recording Hiemis takes dark ambient, drone and ritual and mixes them together to create a very diverse yet occult orientated album. The production sounds very dark while the song themes focus on Theosophy and Clark Ashton Smith's Lovecraftian mythos and Lost Continent Stories.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Hiemis and if you are a fan of dark ambient, drone and ritual, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Cincor" "Sotar" "Zul'Bha'Sair" and "Chaon Gacca". 8 out of 10.
https://noctivagantcollective.bandcamp.com/album/zothique
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